Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 July 1898 — Page 1

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ry Juni ys Marshall County Independent Vol. 4. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898. No. 33.

Remnant Sale! Remnant Sale!

Beginning Saturday, July 16, 1898, we inaugurate a Great Remnant Sale.

In every department we have found the accumulation of odds and ends which we brought together under one separate department. Every article is marked in plain figures at

WAY are especially DOWN strong in W

Boys' Department. A new line of Linen Pants, both in the knee and long lengths. Just the article for hot weather wear.

To those who wish to go visiting and are in need of a Trunk, Valise or Telescope, we can supply your want. Have these goods at all prices.

Ball & Carabin,

PLYMOUTH, IND.

CHECK WORKER CAUGHT. Fellow Who Swii.dled Several Warnas ' Merchant Located at Iecetur. At last the bogus check worker has been located at Decatur, this ttate, who some time ago victimized several Warsaw firms by making small purchases and tendering a forged check in payment calling for a sum very much in excess of the purchase made and receiving the change in good, sound money in return. The checks given were on the order of the "M. C. Wood & Daily Co.," payable to "F. W. Force." Hater & ltichardson cashed one for $7.50; F. M. Smith for $12.50, and Frank Breading for 83.50. .lohn V eager was the correct name of the fellow, and he has been here on a visit to relatives, but left suddenly after sue ceeding in cashing the bogus checks. Otlicer Winebrenner went to Decatur last night and will return this evening with the prisoner, word having been re ceived by Sheriff Matthews from the Sheriff of Adams county that Yeager had been taken into custody Warsaw Time. The State's Flalm. Gov. Mount has received from the war department a communication con taming an explanation of bow the state will be reimbursed for the money spent in mobilizing troops a- 1 keeping them until the government ook them off the state's hands. I nder the act of con gress which the communication quotes, the states will not be repaid for the expense of keeping in camp the men who became "quitters ' or were rejected by the surgeons. Indiana will lose $20,000 ic tbie manner. Obituary. Mrs. Washington Kelley died at her home Monday afternoon, corner of Walnut and Washington streets. Mrs. Kelley has been an invalid since 1885. She was known by the people of Plymouth for her many good traits of character always cheerful, notwithstanding her physical condition. Sha was the mother of four children Alburtus and Orlen K . , who died in childhood, and Howard H. and Hattie.

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s. The former two died while her hus band was serving his country in the war of the rebellion. Her maiden name was Louisa Tavenner. and was born October 2. 1840, in Marion county, Ohio. She came to Plymouth in 1857. She was married to her now bereaved husband January 7, 1858. She was a consistent member of the M. F. church during her entire residence in Plymouth, but has been unable to attend church for the past thir teen years. During her long sickness she bore her sufferings with a Christian fortitude. She died in triumphs of a living faith, and has gone to her reward, which is promised only to the faithful. To the husband and two surviving children the community extends sympathy. The funeral occurred at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Move of Method it I. ay men The Indiana men who started the movement for equal lay and ministerial representation in the general conference of the Methodist Kpiscopal church announce their belief that by the last of October, if not sooner, equal representation will be an accomplished fact in the I rated States. The last general conference decided in favor of equal representation, but it still required the votes of two-thirds of the annual conferences to ratify the proposition. Of the conferences that have been held, more than two-thirds have ratified the change, being, in fact, almost unanimously favorable. The fall conferences will begin about Sept. 1, and the same favorable action is expected from them. If this proves to be the case equal representation will have been accomplished. The laymen claim that this will be the greatest step taken by the Methodist church in a century. Look Out For It. A new counterfeit half dollar is said to have made its appearance. It is made of lead, with a little glass in its composition to give it the necessary ring, but it is soft and light in weight. The color is good and the workmanship exceedingly fine, making it hard to detect when not handled singly.

A PATHETIC LETTER.

MISS MULHOLLAN'S LETTER TO HER WAYWARD BROTHER. Sheriff Marshall Also Receives a Communication from the Heart Broken Girl. She Does not Censure but Every Sentence Shows her Pity, Remorse and Grief. Erie, Pa., July 17, 1898, Dear Harvey: With a broken heart I will try to write you. I don't know what to say to you. Poor ma is deaddied a year ago next September, with only myself to comfort her. Her last thought was of you, and I have wondered where you were and if you never thought of us at home. Oh, my God! why did you ever commit such a crime? How often have I talked to you and tried to teach you what was right! If you had put up with our living a little longer, which, I know, was anything but pleasant; but it was honest and you was welcome to the last penny I had, and God only knows how hard I have worked and suffered poverty to support you and ma, thinking someday you would help me and we would be happy! And to think, after I lost my poor mother and was alone I must now hear that my only brother is dying in jail! Surely 1 cannot bear up under much more. I thought, when our poor dear mother was laid to rest, that the greatest blow had fallen. She prayed for your keeping day and night I wish I could come and see you but such a thing is impossible; for, Harvey, I am paying mother's funeral expenses and haven t a cent coming. Will try and get you a little money if I can. Pray God you may meet your mother in Heaven. Oh! this is simply killing me for you know you were my only hope and may the just God have mercy and forgive you and take you to Him. If you are spared, believe it is another chance to live a good life and come to me if you can be good. You are still young and can reform if God spares you, but better you were dead rather than add crime to crime. Oh! why did you do it? It was certainly not your angel mothers' teaching. I wish I could see you. How often have I looked at your picture and cried untii my heart would almost break. Ma is buried here in Erie, and I visit her grave--the only comfort I have; and I sometimes feel that I would be thankful if I too was over there beside her -free from the sorrow of this world. I shall pray for you, and can but give you into the hands of your Maker, who will deal justly with you. O, pray that you may be forgiven! You do not know my feelings, or how much I should like to be with you in your last hours; but cruel fate has willed it otherwise, and I must sit here and know that you are dying. Oh! This should be a warning that, though the home be ever so humble, it is better to be in that home a good honest boy than to be out among bad company; for nothing but bad company has brought you to this sad ending. And, to think you were a good pure boy when you left us to lead a life of crime is almost more than I can bear. May God keep you; and, Harvey, my prayer shall be lor you, and remember in your dying hours that a sister s heart is breaking for you in a Pennsylvania town-- a sister that would gladly have given up her life for you. I cannot censure you, for surely you have suffered, and I believe if God spares you, you will be a good boy; but God's will must be done, and He will pardon you if you ask it. I fear you will not get this; but if you do, have a letter written back at once, for I am on the verge of insanity over you. Trust in God that he will save you, and remember your sister prays for you night and day that you may meet your mother is Heaven. With a broken heart I must say good by to you and may God bless you is my prayer. O, if I could only come to you, but I cannot There is much I would like to say but I am getting so very nervousI I can scarcely write. Hoping it is God's will for your recovery, I am as ever your loving but broken hearted sister Etta MULHOLLAN. Miss Mulhollan to the Sheriff. Erie, Pa.. July 17, 1898. J. E. Marshall, Plymouth, Ind. Dear Sir: Your letter with the sad intelligence of my brother's expected death and much worse the cause of his trouble, which I can not see into. I am sure he has been talked to and was properly trained in his early childhood. I have not known his whereabouts for two years. This is almost killing me.

I just buried my poor mother last Sep-

tember and had it all to bare alone, as I knew nothing about my brother. I am working for S12 per month and have been paying my mother's funeral expenses. I have no money to send him just now and cannot get a cent at this writing, but if he lives will try and help him some way. God knows I have done everything for him, which he will tell you, and would have done more had I been able, but at $12 or $15 per month I could not keep him and my mother in luxury and he became discontented and ran away from home and I did not know anything about him until your letter, which was like a blow to me. He was a good boy when he left us, he had always been with my mother and knew very little wrong and why he should resort to stealing is more than I can tell. If he lives what will be the penalty for his crime. God knows if he would continue in this way I shall pray God to take him out of this world. Please advise me at once all about him. Yours Very Gratefully, Etta Mulhollan. P. S. Enclosed is two dollars which may help get him some little things to eat . If it will not be too much trouble will you kindly send me a picture of him and write particulars. Shall always remember your kindness in writing me. E. M. M. INTERESTING LETTERS. Mi-- M n 1 hol I. in to Fattier Moeiuli and MieritV Marshall. The following letters have been received by Father Moench from Miss Mulhollan, sister of young Mulhollan who dkd in jail from the effects of a gun-shot wound received at Teegarden a few weeks since. She writes in reply to a letter apprising her of the boy's death. Krie, l'a., July 22, lsi8. To Kev. L. A. Moench, Plymouth, lnd. Dear Father Moench: Words cannot express my appreciation of your kindness to my poor brother, whose death is to me the greatest trouble I could ever know; but it is inueed a consola tion to know he died a Christian, and that a good father was with him to the last. He was a good boy at heart v and, until he left us, was as innocent of crime as a little child. His life was not a pleasant one. as you will see by what 1 will tell you. When he was about seven years old his father died, and in two years from that our mother's eye sight failed very rapidly also her health. There was no one left to support either one of them but myself, and 1 was forced to look for employment to maintain the family, which left my brother at home to look after my invalid mother. He was a good boy to her, ever willing to asHist her in every possible way. until two years this August, when he left us, and I thought 1 would break down, for he was my only hope that some day he would be a help to us; but 1 suppose he became discouraged a.d 1 cannot blame him, for 1, too, have been dragged down to poverty until I almost gave up. There was pleuty of good in him, but he did not have a chance as other boys have. I tried to give him every enjoyment, but at the most it was very little, and he did not have an iron will as 1 have; but 1 pray (iod day and night to give me strength to bear my cross. My brother was not a Catholic; neither were his parents. 1 received the greater part of my schooling in the Catholic schools, and my family always seemed to have a kind feeling toward the CtttftOiif faith, Harvey was eighteen years old last March, the 8Mb: was born in Jiclls Camp, a small oil town in Mckean county, Pennsylvania; and was baptized in the United Brethren church. His parents were George W. and Mary Ftta Mulhollan. His mother died thd eighth day of September, 18i7; is buried here in Frie. 1 was working in this house when my mother died. The people are so very kind to me. Only lor the many friends I have, 1 think 1 could never keep my courage. 1 pray God to bless Sheriff Marshall and the rest who so kindly looked after my poor brother: and to you, Father, I fully appreciate your kind interest in my brother; but words tail me, and I can only say to you that you have not only helped my poor brother to be a Christian, but yon have left an everlasting impression upon myself. Our mother was a very good Christian and died very peacefully and happy. Once more 1 wish to thank yon for your more than kindness to my poor unfortunate brother, and I hope that you will pray that I may live a perfect Christian life. Most devotedly, Ktta Mi lhollan. Hotel Liebe!, Frie, Pa.

Krie, Pa., July 22. 1806. Joseph F. Marshall and Wife My Dear and Fsteemed Friends: 1 hope you will allow me to address you as such for 6urely you have been more than friends to my poor brother. I can not form my thoughts into words that would express in the slightest degree my gratitude to you people. I hope you do not think my brother was naturally a bad boy. Believe me when 1 say he was careiully raised by a christian mother, but poverty came to us and he did not haye the will power to contend with it, but left us two years ago, which very nearly drove my

mother and myself frantic. He was always the most affectionate child at home and was very kind to my mother and seemed to love me dearly and we both loved him to a fault. He was the baby and our only boy, and God only knows how we missed him when he was gone and how we prayed for his safety. 1 have prayed that some time I might lind him a good, noble man, but (iod has willed it otherwise, and I must now console myself with the thought that ho died not as he lived but a good boy, poor fellow. He was only eighteen years old the 20th of last March. (, how I have wondered where he had gone and why he left us. I went to work yesterday for the tirst since 1 heard of him. I became so nervous and did not sleep from Saturday night until Tuesday forenoon, when 1 took a drug to produce sleep. I was working here in this house when my poor mother died and everyone is so kind to me. It does seem terrible that my poor brother should do as he has done, but a great many things happen in our lives of which we will never know the cause. Did he know you heard from me at all. 1 did get readyto go to Plymouth Sunday night but was at rai i 1 would not see him alive as 1 could not get there until sometime close to twelve o'clock, and by your letter I see I could not have gotten there in time to talk with him. This is certainly the most terrible thing I ever experienced, and it 6eems as though my heart would burst. 1 received tLe pictures and it was so kind of you to have them. I could hardly hope for them when 1 asked you for them. I would not recognize a feat ure as that of my brother, but I suppose his suttering wa6 so terrible that it changed every feature. 1 have a picture of him, taken at sixteen, just before he went away. Did he know you were taking a picture of him for me? I can only think of him as a good innocent boy, and Mr. Marshall it you knew him as J remember him, you would wonder how he ever came in the plight you knew him. Hut he is my brother, whatever his faults may have been, and I loved him more than 1 can tell, and my grief at his sad ending no one will ever be able to imagine. We have a sister but she is married and travels all time and 1 cannot locate just at present. I think by middle of December 1 will be the her the able to visit Plymouth as 1 want 60 much to meet the kind people who so kindly helped my poor brother. 1 can not feel ill towards Mr. Logan for every man must protect his own property and no doubt had my brother asked him, he would have assisted him without his stealing. 1 hope he will not feel that 1 hold any grudge against him or feel that he is responsible for my brothers death, but forgive him as freely as he forgave my brother. Oh! That thu might be a warning to boys who long to roam through the country and are discontented with their homes. Remember me to Dr. Wilson and say to him that 1 am 6o grateful to him for hi care of my brother. I hope to meet you all some time. Have written to Father Moench. May (iod bless you all and may you never know a grief so bitter as mine is my prayer for you all. Hope I may hear from you again. 1 remain most gratefully and sincerely, i ours humbly, Etta Ml liioi.i.an. P. S. If you look at my first letter you will see that I am not working in a shirt factory, as the Independent stated, and that our mother died ten months ago instead of two as the paper stated. Froapeetive 4 i room Fooled HlmneH". A young Mishawaka man drove to Plymouth Wednesday and applied for a marriage license of Deputy County Clerk Davis. He Baid that he wanted to fool the hoys at home. Mr. Davis informed him that he had fooled himself as he would have to get the license in St. Joseph county where the girl resides. The prospective groom stated that his bride was 112 years old and he thought this ought to entitle them to get a license anywhere. They drove back to Mishawaka.

VOLUNTEERS HELD BACK.

Artillery ami Cavalry at Tampa Ofltog to the Transports. Port Tampa City, Fla., headquarters of the One hundred and-lifty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, July 23. The movement of troops is progressing very slowly. Several regiments of infantry have been sent to Fernandina, while those designated for Porto Kico are being put aboard the transports. The experience of the tirst expedition has taught the military authorities to embark the troops in a more systematic manner in the future. Up to this time several regiments of regulars have been ordered aboard the boats and the move ment of the volunteer forces will begin in a lew days Another obstac e that has been holding the other regiments back is the loading of a vast amount of artillery, cavalry and pack mules. Military authorities state that the One-hundred-and rifty-seventh Indiana will be sent to Porto Kico with this expedi tion. The number of men answering the sick call this morning was about the same as usual. The health ot the camp is comparatively good. A crematory has been constructed under the supervision of Major urgeon Walter W. iiarnett and all the garbage is being burned. Dr. Reginald W. (iarstang, assistant 6urgeon, has been transferred to the division hospital of the Fourth Army corps by order of General Snyder. The organiation of a division hospital for the Second division is one of the surest indications that this division will be sent to Porto Pico. Col. Studebaker's regiment, being a part of the Second division, points to its early departure. An amusing sight to witness every evening is the manner in which the men smoke the mosquitos from their tents. Small bonfires are built in the center of the tent and as soon as a good lire is under way it is smothered, thus filling it with smoke and driving the long-billed variety of mosquitoes away. Last evening these annoying insects came in such numbers that all remedies to keep them away failed. A number of men placed coal oil on themselves, but after this had evaporated the mosquitos were as plentiful as before. A number of men in Company K, Auburn, had a large bonfire in the middle of their street and sat around it during the night. Care was taken to smother the tire occasionally so as to create a column of smoke to keep the mosquitos at a distance. Private .lack I'tley, of Company K, Fort Wayne, was kicked by a mule yesterday afternoon. At tirst the accident was thought to be serious, but he shortly recovered and la again on duty with his company. lteatli Of BUM Kittie SfllMlM Daniel McDonald arrived in the city this morning at two o'clock with the remains of his daughter, Miss Catharine McDonald, whose death oc cured Monday morning at Fl Paso, Texas. Miss McDonald was the only daughter ot Daniel McDonald, editor of the Plymouth Democrat, and was a lady of culture. She had been in poor health for the past ten years, during which time ehe has visited various places throughout the I'nited States for the purpose of finding relief. During the illness of her mother, who was an in valid for two years, Miss Ale Donald was her constant companion and lett nothing undone to render aid and eoin fort to her. During the two years vigil and constant care of her mother, her health became impaired and trom which she never recovered. She was born in Plymouth, Dec. 2, 1810. For several years she acted as assistant in the office of the Democrat and her friends in the county are legion. Ot four children only one survives, Louis A. McDonald, manager of the Democrat. QrtJhH AeeuKed ot Murder. Laporte, July 27. It is reported here that Lena Goldberg, aged 23, angered by a beating, has accused her father, Samuel Goldberg, of murdering his 11-year-old step-son, Harry, who disapeared Oct. 90, 18iW. Lena denies it, possibly through fear of her father, and no action will be taken at present. Gold berg is a Russian. Florida May Be Juarantlm!. Tampa, Fla., July 2f. A report was current at Tampa last evening that the state of Florida would be quarantined. This report caused a great uneasiness among the wives of the different oflicers who are visiting here. The rumor stated that there was considerable typhoid and malarial fever in this d's trict. I'p to this time the One-hun died and fifty seventh regiment has been entirely free of these fevers.